Green Countries - Through Clean Power & Recycling

El Nicho, Cuba

Austria

Columbia

Costa Rica

France

Iceland

Morne Brabant, Mauritius

Switzerland

Sweden

Critter Photos

Chinese dog with puppy and tiger kitten

Great crested grebe with chicks on back

Kitten headlock

Nyalas - mother and fawn

Innsbruck (Austria) cows

European Landscape Photography

Mountain cabin in Austria

Lake in Romania

Sunset in Italy

Vellinge, Sweden

European landscape  (by Hans Strand)

Creatures

Sheep on the Dunquin Pier, on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland

 

An osprey with its lunch

 

Red deer (hart and hind) in Austria

 

The Netherlands - Friesian horses pulling a fishing boat into the sea

 

Seen in Austria

Doonau, Austria

 

Sunflowers near Hainburg, Austria

 

Austrian Steinbocken (Alpine Ibex)

 

Vineyard near St. Michelle, Austria

 

Lippizaners training in haute ecole at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna

 

Almabtrieb

The Almabtrieb (in the German language, literally: drive from the mountain pasture) is an annual event in the alpine regions in Europe, referring to a train of cows in autumn. During summer, all over the alpine areas bovine herds feed on alpine pastures high up in the mountains. In numbers, these amount to about 500,000 cows in Austria, and 50,000 in Germany. In autumn, these herds are led to their stables down in the valley, in the Almabtrieb cow train. If there were no accidents during the summer, in many areas the cows are decorated elaborately, and the cow train is celebrated with music and dance events in the towns and villages. In many places this alpine custom of Almabtrieb has nowadays evolved into a major tourist attraction, focusing on the marketing of local products and alcoholic beverages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Critters Around the World

A gaggle of geese, and a gooseherd, in Austria

 

A herd of horses pastured in Germany

 

Itty-bitty baby squirrel in England

 

A great blue heron waiting for its dinner on Deer Creek